War As a Neighbor: Moldova and the Challenges of Facing Russian Aggression in Ukraine
“The Kremlin is thinking about ways to strangle Moldova.” Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in his speech during...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
War As a Neighbor: Moldova and the Challenges of Facing Russian Aggression in Ukraine
A nation must think before it acts.
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China’s and India’s Relations with Russia after the War in Ukraine: A Dangerous Deviation?
When Russian assault troops landed at Hostomel Airport near Kiev in February 2022, few could have anticipated how Russia’s...
The Roots of Russian Military Dysfunction
Executive Summary An unwillingness to decentralize decision making authority and a failure to communicate accurate information are the...
The Turkish Veto: Why Erdogan Is Blocking Finland and Sweden’s Path to NATO
Finland and Sweden grew closer to Western institutions in the post-Cold War era, and EU accession in 1995 meant...
‘Putin Does Not Want Bad News’: U.S. Military Expert Assesses Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine After One Year
Russia’s massive, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has been going on for one year now, with tens of thousands of...
Moscow’s Mind Games: Finding Ideology in Putin’s Russia
Americans tend to view ideology with suspicion. In fact, one scholar proclaimed that ideology had “ended.” Despite this dismissiveness,...
The Confrontation with Russia and US Grand Strategy
Over the past year, two understated but dramatic shifts in US strategy have taken place: the United States no...
Tanks a Lot (Well, Actually Not That Many for Ukraine)
The decision by Western countries to send tanks to Ukraine is a welcome one, but tanks—at least in their...
Wagner Group Redefined: Threats and Responses
Who, what, and where is Wagner Group today? Once a Kremlin asset used exclusively in Africa and Syria, the...
‘Let’s Make a Deal’? Ukraine and the Poor Prospects for Negotiations with Putin
Editor’s note: The Russian invasion of Ukraine has arguably been the most significant geopolitical event of 2022. Beginning with...